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Escobar Rebellion | |||||||
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Federal soldiers positioned in a trench during the siege of Naco. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mexican Government | Escobar rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Emilio Portes Gil Plutarco Elías Calles |
José Gonzalo Escobar Marcelino Murrieta Fausto Topete Jesus M. Aguirre | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
≈2,000 killed[1] |
The Escobar Rebellion was a conflict in northern Mexico in 1929 during the Maximato, between the government forces of President Emilio Portes Gil and rebel forces under the command of General José Gonzalo Escobar. After some initial success in taking over several key cities in the northern half of the country, the Escobar rebels were decisively defeated in a major battle at Jiménez, Chihuahua, and were eventually swept aside by the advancing government forces under the command of General Calles.